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Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away
Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues
He Chose the Process, Not the Spotlight: Remembering Anil Chaudhary (5th June 1951 – 14th April 2025)
When over a hundred long-time fellow travellers of PEACE...
Modern India’s early icon, the martyr who crafted a gentle patriotism: Manoj Kumar in Hindi Cinema
Manoj Kumar, who passed away on April 4, was...
Learned yet Forgotten: To Dr A K Biswas, a tribute
Despite his original writings and perspective, the death of this academic and civil servant, former Home Secretary of Bihar on February 28, 2025 went largely unnoticed and unsung
Uttarakhand: Veteran Gandhian, Sarvodaya Worker Vimla Bahuguna Passes Away
Vimla, the wife of noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna, was his ‘inspiration’ and led many a struggle for women’s and environmental rights.
Ravi Kiran Jain, advocate, human rights practitioner doyen of the human rights movement passes away
One of the most vociferous advocates for human rights, resident of Allahabad and formerly national president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Ravi Kiran Jain passes away at 78
Manmohan Singh’s Legacy Has Lessons for Democratic Governance, Statesmanship
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The later PM’s legacy of wisdom, humility and humbleness stand in stark contrast to the present times, especially the recent disdainful remarks on Ambedkar made by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Justice KS Puttaswamy’s passing marks the end of an era for privacy rights
Right to privacy petitioner and former Karnataka High Court Judge Justice KS Puttaswamy passes away at 98; he enrolled as an advocate in 1952 and was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1977; his pathbreaking legal intervention left an indelible mark on privacy rights
When the state turns rogue even protests dry up, Salutes & Apologies Professor Saibaba!
If there is one unique and malevolent achievement of the present Indian state in its third, albeit less armoured term, it is, how it has through its venal acts, battered down alliances and voices of protest; GN Saibaba’s death after a long and deliberately negligent incarceration is the latest of one such
When looks embody the soul: Sitaram Yechury
It took the tragic jolt of Sita’s passing for...
‘You left us a decade too soon, when India needed its body healed and soul rejuvenated’: a farewell to comrade Sitaram Yechury
In this brief evocative farewell note, actor and theatre person, Joy Sengupta regrets “how comrade Sitaram Yechury left a decade too soon, just as Indian politics needed all the sanity and empathy you embodied: sane and empathetic leaders to collectively help, heal its body and rejuvenate its soul”